Toddler obsessed with free falling

My 18 months old is obsessed with backward free falling. Whenever I put her on my bed, she would go to the headrest, stand up and fall backward while her arms in the air (like we do on a rollercoaster lol). She seems to love it and bedtime is full of fun and games because of this. I'm worried she might get hurt. Does anyone else's child does this?

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My little girl doesn't do that exactly but she definitely likes when I hold her and do a free fall with her like she's going to fall but then of course I will still holding her and catching her before she reaches the ground. I think it's a natural human attraction to Free Falling but in a safe way. Which is why things like roller coasters are so popular. So is probably normal but you're going to be concerned about safety, as you should be. Just try to give her a safe space to do that in and teach her that this is the space to do that. So she's not always jumping off every surface.

My little girl doesn't do that exactly but she definitely likes when I ho...

Posted
10/28/2018

My little girl doesn't do that exactly but she definitely likes when I hold her and do a free fall with her like she's going to fall but then of course I will still holding her and catching her before she reaches the ground. I think it's a natural human attraction to Free Falling but in a safe way. Which is why things like roller coasters are so popular. So is probably normal but you're going to be concerned about safety, as you should be. Just try to give her a safe space to do that in and teach her that this is the space to do that. So she's not always jumping off every surface.

Exactly. That's what I'm worried about. She only does this in the bed thankfully and I hope she won't do this on the couch or something. I'm just trying to teach her that she can only do it in bed just a couple of times

DS (dear son) loved doing this. It was a fun our bed-only thing. If you haven’t seen her do it anywhere else it’s probably not much to worry about as long as you supervise the bed falling, which I’m sure you are!

My DS (dear son) takes a basket of clean or dirty clothes depending on which he can find and uses it to front flip into his own crib. I think it's just that age for our kiddos. My oldest did crazy stuff too. Free falling on the bed is pretty tame compared to some kids I've seen. Like everyone else has said make sure if she's going to do it it's in a safe place and someone is there. If you catch her doing it where it's unsafe or alone I would correct it. Maybe even give it an easy name so you have a heads up what she's doing, if she's at that point verbally. With my LO (little one) he calls I'd bed jump when he front flips in his bed. He will usually warn me because he wants me to give him my tablet so he can rest in his bed with ABC mouse or watch octonauts.

Gotta love the toddler years, so full of heart attacks and last nerves. Every age is a fun ride that worries you at some point I swear

Headfirst out of a playhouse window in the daycare right onto the floor. Repeatedly. Scared the workers, I watched the security video when they told me... He was having a great time of it. I've ramped up the child proofing in the house because of this and so has the daycare. And this is a professional daycare center with a low kid to adult ratio. We are working on safe redirection

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DS loved doing this. It was a fun our bed-only thing. If you haven’t seen...

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10/29/2018

DS loved doing this. It was a fun our bed-only thing. If you haven’t seen her do it anywhere else it’s probably not much to worry about as long as you supervise the bed falling, which I’m sure you are!

I keep my eyes and ears on her lol.. Found her doing it on the floor cusions today 🤷

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